Barrel carrying device



July 12, 1932- s. c. JENSEN BARREL CARRYING DEVICE Filed NOV. 26, 1930aml lam u m In Patented July 12, 1932 SOREN C. JENSEN, F PRESQUE ISLE,MAINE BARREL CARRYING DEVICE Application filed November 26, 1930. SerialNo. 498,473.

This invention appertains to means for facilitating the carrying andhandling of barrels and is of the type illustrated in my application forpatent entitled Barrel carrying device, executed under date of September29, 1930, Serial Number 491,629.

The primary object of my present invention is to provide a barrelcarrying device of the type illustrated in my pending application abovereferred to, in which novel means is provided for forming the barrelcarrying device to permit the effective engagement thereof with thebarrel and to permit the effective gripping of the device.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, arrangement and formation of parts, as will behereinafter more specifically described, claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanyau ing drawing, in which drawing Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a further form of my barrel carrier.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section through the barrel carrier of the typeillustrated in Fig- 22 ure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating a modified formof my barrel carrier.

In the drawing I have illustrated my barrel carrier which is generallyindicated by the reference character P, and which can be formed of sheetmetal suitably fabricated. In this form of my invention I provide a pairof side plates 189 and 190, which are of like form. These plates areprovided with longitudinally extending slots 191 adjacent to their rearends and with enlarged openings 192 for lessening the weight thereof.The front plates are also cut away to provide at 41} their upper endsforwardly projecting prongs 193 for engaging the side of the barrel andupwardly projecting hooks 194 for engaging under the rim of the barrel.These plates can be connected together by cross bars -4 195 and 196, andby a lower handle 197.

This handle may constitute a hand grip 198 and an axially extending bolt199 employed for connecting the side plates and hand grip together. Thebarrel carrier P can also be provided with an adjustable handle whichmay include a hand grip 200, having extending axially therethrough abolt 201, the head of which engages one plate 190 and the winged nut 202threaded on the bolt engages the other plate.

In Figure 3 I have shown a slightly modified form of my invention whichis illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, and in this form I provide pairs ofupper and lower cross bars 203 and 204 which are connected together byvertical side bars 205 and 206. The inner terminals of the upper andlower pairs of cross bars 203 and 204 carry vertically extending wirerods 207, the upper ends of which are integrally connected together by across piece or bight portion 208. The lower ends of the wire side bars207 have formed thereon hooks 209 for engaging under the rim of thebarrel. The forward ends of the upper pair of cross bars 203 have formedthereon pointed prongs 210 for engaging the sides of the barrel. Anadjustable handle 211 is provided which can be of the same type as thehandle 200 shown in Figures 1 and 2 and the bolt 201 thereof extendsbetween the side plates 205 and 206.

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit or thescope of this invention, but

l/Vhat I claim as new is:

1. A barrel handling and carrying device comprising a pair of like sideplates having forwardly projecting barrel engaging prongs on their upperends and upwardly projecting r hooks on their lower ends, said sideplates being provided with vertically extending slots, a bolt extendingthrough the slots, a hand grip formed on the bolt, a second boltextending through the side plates having a hand grip thereon, and upperand lower brace bars connecting the side plates together.

2. A barrel handling and carrying device comprising a pair of sidemembers, forwardly projecting barrel-engaging means carried v by saidside members near the upper ends thereof, and upwardly projecting hookscarried by the lower ends thereof, said side members provided withvertically extending slots,

a bolt extending through said slots, an onlarged hand grip formed onsaid bolt and having the ends of said hand grip abutting the inner facesof said side members, and means engaging said bolt for locking said handgrip in an adjusted position within the length of said slots.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

SOREN C. JENSEN.

